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C-14 - Railway Act

Section 130
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130. (1)  Any person, or any officer or agent of any company, who delivers goods for transportation to such company, or for whom as consignor or consignee the company transports goods, who knowingly or wilfully by false billing, false classifications, false weighing, false representations of the contents of the package, or false report of weight, or by any other device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance of the company, its agent or agents, obtains transportation for such goods at less than the regular tolls then authorized and in force on the railway, shall for each offence be liable to a fine of not more than $1 000.
(2)  The Commission des transports may make regulations providing that any such person or company shall, in addition to the regular toll, be liable to pay to the railway company a further toll not exceeding 50 % of the regular charge.
(3)  (Subsection repealed).
(4)  (Subsection repealed).
R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 147; 1969, c. 65, s. 35; 1972, c. 55, s. 173; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1986, c. 95, s. 40; 1990, c. 4, s. 146; 1992, c. 61, s. 105.
130. (1)  Any person, or any officer or agent of any company, who delivers goods for transportation to such company, or for whom as consignor or consignee the company transports goods, who knowingly or wilfully by false billing, false classifications, false weighing, false representations of the contents of the package, or false report of weight, or by any other device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance of the company, its agent or agents, obtains transportation for such goods at less than the regular tolls then authorized and in force on the railway, shall for each offence be liable to a fine of not more than $1 000.
(2)  The Commission des transports may make regulations providing that any such person or company shall, in addition to the regular toll, be liable to pay to the railway company a further toll not exceeding 50 % of the regular charge.
(3)  (Subsection repealed).
(4)  No proceedings for the contravention of a provision of this section may be instituted without the leave of the Commission des transports first being obtained.
R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 147; 1969, c. 65, s. 35; 1972, c. 55, s. 173; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1986, c. 95, s. 40; 1990, c. 4, s. 146.
130. (1)  Any person, or any officer or agent of any company, who delivers goods for transportation to such company, or for whom as consignor or consignee the company transports goods, who knowingly or wilfully by false billing, false classifications, false weighing, false representations of the contents of the package, or false report of weight, or by any other device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance of the company, its agent or agents, obtains transportation for such goods at less than the regular tolls then authorized and in force on the railway, shall for each offence be liable to a fine of not more than $1 000.
(2)  The Commission des transports may make regulations providing that any such person or company shall, in addition to the regular toll, be liable to pay to the railway company a further toll not exceeding 50% of the regular charge.
(3)  (Subsection repealed).
(4)  No prosecution shall be had or instituted for any such fine without the leave of the Commission des transports first being obtained.
R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 147; 1969, c. 65, s. 35; 1972, c. 55, s. 173; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1986, c. 95, s. 40.
130. (1)  Any person, or any officer or agent of any company, who delivers goods for transportation to such company, or for whom as consignor or consignee the company transports goods, who knowingly or wilfully by false billing, false classifications, false weighing, false representations of the contents of the package, or false report of weight, or by any other device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance of the company, its agent or agents, obtains transportation for such goods at less than the regular tolls then authorized and in force on the railway, shall for each offence be liable to a fine of not more than $1 000.
(2)  The Commission des transports may make regulations providing that any such person or company shall, in addition to the regular toll, be liable to pay to the railway company a further toll not exceeding 50% of the regular charge.
(3)  The company may, and, when ordered by the Commission des transports, shall, open and examine any package, box, case or shipment for the purpose of ascertaining whether this section has been violated.
(4)  No prosecution shall be had or instituted for any such fine without the leave of the Commission des transports first being obtained.
R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 147; 1969, c. 65, s. 35; 1972, c. 55, s. 173; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.
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